Name: Pursuit of Momentary Happiness
Brand: Yak

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Bonus disc: No

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TMR587CD

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-07-12

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Orchard

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

813547026859

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

CD 70268 3

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2019-02-08

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Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Third Man Records

Few albums in rock ‘n’ roll history have seen its creator’s obsession veer so close to self-destruction as Yak’s The Pursuit Of Momentary Happiness. For singer, guitarist and driving force Oli Burslem, making his band’s second album became about pursuing his artistic vision at the expense of all else, including his own financial security, and mental health. Who else these days invests every single penny available to them into recording, to the point where they become homeless? If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Where have all the guitar rockstars gone?” we have an answer: they are sleeping in the back of an old Citroën in a London alleyway awaiting the release of their hard-earned masterpiece.

Listening to The Pursuit Of Momentary Happiness, you frequently feel the white-knuckle monomania of Yak’s mission. It’s one of those once-in-a-decade records, whose sheer sense of belief and commitment pulsates through every nanosecond of boundary-breaking sound – like Spiritualized’s Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, and Tame Impala’s Innerspeaker, both of whose creators had a part to play in its genesis.

Pursuit of Momentary Happiness

Music US